五年前刚来香港的时侯，我不太喜欢卡拉OK。
When I came to HKG 5 years ago, I did not like KTV/Karaoke at all.
朋友们问我 ‘Nobu,今天晚上我们去卡拉OK。你想参加吗？’的时候，我一定回答 ‘对不起，我已经有别的安排了。’ 但是这是借口。
Whenever my friends asked me “Nobu, tonight we are going to KTV, would you like to join?”, I always answered “I am sorry, I have already an appointment.” But this was an excuse.
现在我还不喜欢去卡拉OK，但是我常常跟朋友们一起去，因为很好玩儿。
I still do not like to go to KTV, but I often go with friends, because it is a lot of fun.
虽然我唱歌唱得不好听，朋友们和我觉得没关系。
Although I cannot sing very well, my friends do not mind.
我唱中文歌的时候，他们给我加油或者一起唱歌
When I am singing Chinese songs, they support me or singing together with me.
大部分的朋友唱歌唱得非常好。他们一边唱歌一边跳舞。
Most of my friends sing very well. They are singing and dancing.
看到朋友们高兴的样子我觉得很好玩儿。气氛很好。
Watching them having fun, is fun as well. I like the atmosphere.
我们都很高兴。
We are all happy.
对我来说，这是最重要的。
From my point of view, THIS is most important thing!

Sometimes in the morning I am in the hurry and do not have enough time to have a breakfast at home. At those days I just grab a fruit or bread with cheese, start eating on the way to office.
It seems there are a lot of people like me facing the same issue: having breakfast on the way to office.

While it’s quite normal scene to see a lady eating a bun on the bus, sometimes I see young man in the bus holding in one hand a coke, and in the other hand a burger. It looks not very convenient. Today I saw a lady with high heels eating a noodle soup on the escalator. I was so amazed by her as she starts eating once she was on the first step of the escalator and finishes the bowl once she arrived. The total escalator ride is not longer than 40 seconds. So it is really amazing! No noodle has been left in soup! WOW!

“Tadaima!” is a Japanese phrase. It cannot be translated into English as there is not such an expression. Usually it is said, when a family member comes home and just entered the floor and takes off his/her shoes, so other family members know that this family member just come back home. I think it is a good habit.

With this in my mind: “Tadaima! dear friends and blog readers!”
I did not blog for a while m(T_T)m, but now I am back.

Since 5 weeks I am suffering from a flu and infection in my ears, however, I will try to catch up my blog entries. Actually I have so many stories I would like to tell, to share with you!

In order to prevent spreading my virus, I am wearing a mask in office. My colleague and me always “share” the virus. This is the first time we both are sick and wearing a mask together. Recently in our office a lot of colleague are wearing mask. It’s flu season in Hong Kong. T___T

Here in HKG it is normal to wear mask. I guess if I do it in Germany, people would look at me strange. I am pretty sure.

It is very important to have a good rest (I even take nap at lunch time!) and eating healthy food. As I cannot taste and smell, eating is not great pleasure for me at the moment. Therefore these days I often eat at home or having homemade lunch boxes, as I can imagine how yummy it could be. If I think in this way, I started to be hungry a little bit. This is a good sign, isnt’ it?